On November 19th, 2013 EHRI will roll out an innovative application for newborn hearing screening. This application is designed to work on desktop and tablet computers to collect the results of hearing tests on newborn babies and to provide referrals to audiologists for those that appear to have hearing loss.
Working with the Philippine National Ear Institute, EHRI has developed this system to be used by hospitals and clinics throughout the Philippines. The initial pilot will be with 12 hospitals to test the best methods for screening after which it is anticipated that the program will roll out to other hospitals over the next few years.